Time of flight difraction - an alternate non-destructive testing procedure to replace traditional methods by Koyickal Gopalan Prabhakaran.

“…Time-of-flight-diffraction Technique (TOFD) is potentially one of the fastest methods of Non-destructive testing (NDT) since a weld can be characterized to a certain degree with one single traverse along its length with two probes. …”
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What do you want to make? What to make of public library makerspaces: a look into the power of makerspaces in Singapore public libraries by Tan, Yi Lin

“…In the same year, the ALA pointed to a feature in American Libraries magazine that contended that makerspaces are the modern-day equivalent of knitting and quilting circles and book clubs present as early as the 1870s in U.S. public libraries. …”
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Essays in dynamic pricing, channel control and channel competition by Song, Boqian

“…Last, we study a dynamic price competition game between two sellers selling substitutable perishable products over a fixed horizon. We assume that one seller has only one distribution channel while the other seller has one or two distribution channels. …”
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The paradoxes of wind power by Keay, M

“…Wind power is normally classified among the so-called ‘new renewable’ energies along with such sources as wave power and photovoltaics. But of course wind is one of the oldest sources of power, and has been exploited for millennia. …”

The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for U.S.-ASEAN economic governance architecture by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…The questions I explore include: 1) What are the economic components of the U.S. …”
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Kinetic subspace investigation using neural network for uncertainty quantification in nonpremixed flamelets by Koenig, Benjamin C, Ji, Weiqi, Deng, Sili

“…Efficient approaches have been proposed for certain flames in the flamelet region by reducing their uncertainty input from a high-dimensional kinetic parameter space to a one-dimensional variable. However, this one-dimensional assumption does not apply to all flamelet regimes. …”
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Exploring the Affordances of Sequence Mining in Educational Games by Gomez, Manuel J., Ruip?rez-Valiente, Jos? A., Martinez, Pedro A., Kim, Yoon Jeon

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Applying the self-determination theory in computer games for health communication. by Leow, Shallyn Xue Ling.

“…This study aims to illustrate how SDT could address the issues of low awareness and motivations pertaining to cardiovascular wellness among youths by: 1) examining how an individual’s sense of self-determination (sense of autonomy and sense of relatedness) when playing a health communication computer game could influence his knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions towards the given issue, and 2) testing the potential mediating effects of game enjoyment on one’s sense of self-determination in influencing his knowledge gain, attitude change, and behavioral intentions. …”
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Flexible thermal rectifier based on macroscopic PDMS@graphite composite film with asymmetric cone-shape interfaces by Chen, Bensong, Pawlik, Matthieu, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Zhu, Minmin, Loeblein, Manuela, Tsang, Siu Hon, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong

“…Thermal rectifier is a device with the higher heat transport capacity in one direction than the backward one, being similar to the electrical diode working for the control of the electrical current. …”
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The English wing spinet of the 17th and 18th centuries: with special reference to the extant Haward spinets indtroducing newly discovered evidence for Samuel Pepys' Haward spinet a... by Wilson, Charles West

“…It is shown to have been a stand-alone instrument and not, as claimed, one of several built speculatively at this early date. …”
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Kierkegaardian selfhood as pursuit of the Greatest Commandment by Callaway, DA

“…It is proposed that, for Kierkegaard, loving God is a spiritual act that incorporates a dynamic process of dying away in love to enact one’s death to psychogenic idols of the mind, therein striving to become a self in giving all one’s heart, soul, and mind to God and not to sundry idols or proxies for God.…”

On the molecular picture and interfacial temperature discontinuity during evaporation and condensation by Chen, Gang

“…Starting from the Boltzmann transport equation, this paper establishes three interfacial boundary conditions to connect the temperature, density, and pressure jumps at the liquid-vapor interface to the interfacial mass and heat fluxes: one for the mass flux (the Schrage equation), one for the heat flux, and the third for the density discontinuities. …”
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Why East Asian war is unlikely by Bitzinger, Richard A., Desker, Barry

“…The Asia-Pacific region is home to many unresolved geostrategic issues that could escalate into conflict; nevertheless, it is probably more stable than one might believe. In particular, the emergence of a more assertive China does not mean a more aggressive China or that war in Asia is more likely. …”
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Designing a brain-computer interface platform for attention training by B Thirukarthik

“…Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) have allowed us to study the workings of the human brain and attempt to tackle various problems related to the brain. One such area is the attention of the Human Mind. …”
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Forecasting of solar radiation using fuzzy neural networks by Seng, Anthony Sunjaya.

“…The growing concern of scarcity of fuel and gas has been one of the main reasons for scientists and researchers to develop more effective and efficient alternative energy, like wind, solar, stream energy and nuclear energy. …”
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Peace. by Ong, Chee Wee.

“…Slowly and deeply its roots grow, into the hearts that it vowed to shade and protect, hoping that one day they will learn the act of sacrifice. And when that time comes, the magnificent tree will bow one last time, giving way to the young ones that will take its place. …”
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Singapore retail industry by Chia, Ellina Hui Sun, Lim, Jenny, Quek, Joanna Geok Lian

“…Part one of the report presents a case study of the retail industry in Singapore, in which a systematic analysis was undertaken to background information of the industry. …”
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Design and development of tool for transferring and drilling perpendicular pattern hole by Ng, Gaston Jian Shan

“…Fixing wall mounts like paintings, photos or even TV are noted to be one of the most common home improvements done by individuals. …”
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Display of chikungunya epitope on ferritin for potential application as vaccine by Su, Chengxun

“…Chikungunya virus is a human pathogen and one of the leading causes of mosquito-borne arthralgia in parts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia. …”
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Machine translation of software-specific documentations by Tee, Li Yin

“…It is one of the important steps in software localisation. …”
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